Thread: Films & TV: Russian & Non - Q&As/Reviews/Links all in here!

Originally Posted by quartz

"Но в следующий раз, прежде чем что-то красить, потренеруйтесь, для начала, на кошках"

А ты знаешь, из какого фильма эта цитата про кошек?

Originally Posted by Vadim Mo

Originally Posted by quartz

"Но в следующий раз, прежде чем что-то красить, потренеруйтесь, для начала, на кошках"

А ты знаешь, из какого фильма эта цитата про кошек?

как не знать? это "советский фильм 101"

"Кто не работает, тот ест. Учись, студент."

New film topic! Long ago, when most of you were not even a thought about in your parent's minds... there was a movie called The Gumball Rally. This movie came out the same year as the first Cannonball movie. These movies are about car races from one coast of the U.S. to the other.

I remember this film from my youth (yup, I am that old) and there is ONE very good line from it (well maybe more) that if you are of my generation, you STILL know it and upon occasion will say it when you are in the car.

First rule of Italian driving! Say it with me people!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGXn249Fc0

I bring this all up because of a story in the news this week:
http://wot.motortrend.com/6658222/mi...rip/index.html

Gumball Rally on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gumball_Rally

Gumball Rally the movie in English
http://stagevu.com/video/wojlibtfhndc

Originally Posted by rockzmom

First rule of Italian driving! Say it with me people!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGXn249Fc0

I wish they could stlll apply that rule now,then I could get my licence there. Unfortunately Italy is subject to EUs driving test regulations.

The only people who drive like that are those who got their licences BEFORE the new tests were introduced. Everyone else drives like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YsdH...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wogpRazlu8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6oyvTZWhDM

Some British instruction videos and "games" for driving.
Note the irritating pretentious language used!!!

Originally Posted by quartz

как не знать? это "советский фильм 101"

"Кто не работает, тот ест. Учись, студент."

You have passed the test!

In honor of Father's Day here in the U.S.... one of the best TV theme songs!

"Best Friend", written and performed by Harry Nilsson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCF7Dnov8vA

Originally Posted by quartz

What does Stirlitz know about good movies anyway!?

As I vaguely recollect it was because his undercover contact hasn't arrived and Shtirlitz was worried.

I think Sun Valley Serenade was beating Die Frau meiner Träume in popularity.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

In honor of Father's Day here in the U.S.... one of the best TV theme songs!
"Best Friend", written and performed by Harry Nilsson

I've never heard this song before but immediately recognize it as something familiar. It is because of the "Puppy song" by Harry Nilsson which is the soundtrack for the "You've got mail" movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDRY2h-nEg (video in this clip has nothing common with the movie).

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

Originally Posted by rockzmom

In honor of Father's Day here in the U.S.... one of the best TV theme songs!
"Best Friend", written and performed by Harry Nilsson

I've never heard this song before but immediately recognize it as something familiar. It is because of the "Puppy song" by Harry Nilsson which is the soundtrack for the "You've got mail" movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDRY2h-nEg (video in this clip has nothing common with the movie).

Very good!!!

Harry is one of those people that you know his songs but not his name..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmmwMx06Pg8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson

Originally Posted by Crocodile

I think Sun Valley Serenade was beating Die Frau meiner Träume in popularity.

what?!

Well everyone... It seems like it has been forever since I have watched a non-American movie and posted about it. I just have not has the mental capacity to deal with subtitles or really "deep" hard to follow story lines.

I recall trying to start up The Master and Margarita again and I rewatched the same three of four episodes and then I had to stop as it is too taxing... so I am turning to you the experts... What would be a good summer film for me to watch? Something that if I stop and start it would not be too hard to follow?

Starrysky, I know you love Indian films... maybe I could branch out and try one of your favorites?

Basil... I know you love the animations (as well our war film expert) & gRomoZeka... which animations haven't you posted that I could watch?

Originally Posted by rockzmom

... which animations haven't you posted that I could watch?

Have you seen these?
Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson (with Eng subs) RECOMMENDED.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HULUEK0PkbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2emcWHVULE

Here's a nice cartoon for kids about two naughty dogs:
Bobik visits Barbos (Бобик в гостях у Барбоса)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7zzFAQhzw

About Sidorov Vova" (1985) - I wonder do you find this funny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JBUY8KtUIw

And a classic cartoon:
The Snow Queen (1957) in 7 parts (English subs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3pGB_Yfp8 (part 1)

There are a lot of great Russian cartoons on youtube, but unfortunately they do not have English subs.
For example, there's a cartoon based on Russian medieval sagas about a young woman, who went to save her husband from captivity. I really liked it as a kid. You can enjoy a short video from this cartoon (to Mylene Farmer's "Sans Contrefacon") here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JplD-zHjfXA

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by rockzmom

... which animations haven't you posted that I could watch?

Have you seen these?
Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson (with Eng subs) RECOMMENDED.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HULUEK0PkbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2emcWHVULE

Here's a nice cartoon for kids about two naughty dogs:
Bobik visits Barbos (Бобик в гостях у Барбоса)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7zzFAQhzw

About Sidorov Vova" (1985) - I wonder do you find this funny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JBUY8KtUIw

And a classic cartoon:
The Snow Queen (1957) in 7 parts (English subs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3pGB_Yfp8 (part 1)

There are a lot of great Russian cartoons on youtube, but unfortunately they do not have English subs.
For example, there's a cartoon based on Russian medieval sagas about a young woman, who went to save her husband from captivity. I really liked it as a kid. You can enjoy a short video from this cartoon (to Mylene Farmer's "Sans Contrefacon") here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JplD-zHjfXA

THANK YOU!! I did not know that Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson came in an animation format! I have the movie version that Olya did the subs for and never got around to watching it.

Has anyone seen this one, "The Cat Who Walked By Herself/ Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе" from 1988
It came up on the list next to Sherlock and caught my eye. It is based on Rudyard Kipling's short story, The Cat that Walked by Himself.

You can watch the entire film here with English subtitles:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...4486&hl=en-CA#

Link on IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997248/
Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat...ked_by_Herself

Originally Posted by rockzmom

THANK YOU!! I did not know that Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson came in an animation format! I have the movie version that Olya did the subs for and never got around to watching it.

You are welcome! I'm sure you'll enjoy the movie. My absolute favourite is "The Hound of the Baskervilles": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_ ... (1981_film)

Has anyone seen this one, "The Cat Who Walked By Herself/ Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе" from 1988

I've never heard of this version! Looks very artistic, but I'm much more used to the older one from 1968, which had been aired pretty often on TV.
"The Cat Who Walked By Himself/ Кот, который гулял сам по себе" (no subs, but everything is pretty clear from the context)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0G0be9iwKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otn-L9oUeeA

If you like Kipling here's a beautifully made cartoon "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (sadly, no subs). The colors are amazing, I especially like the scene during the rain in the first part.

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" / Рики-тики-тави (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3FER9hOAJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76us1bjTGCM

And you definitely have to see "Adventures of Mowgli" if you have not seen it yet!!! It's epic!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Mowgli
First part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mix_e7cQUhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCkeABQlDcw
(all parts are available in the list to the right. Again, no subs, but it's worth watching at least for a couple of minutes for its great old style animation with a unique twist)

The Tale of Soldier Fedot
The first part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYQwWwQV ... re=related

The language is a huge part of it and I'm not sure how much of it was lost in translation, but they tried hard.

A side bar for one second here... This is a clip from the show that aired last night, So You Think You Can Dance

Alex, is a trained and working Ballet dancer who this week has been paired up with Twitch who is a trained and working Hip-Hop dancer.

Alex MUST learn the style of Hip-Hop for the very first time and then be judged on it. The result is an AMAZING piece of choreography that blends both Hip-Hop and Ballet and shows the depth of talent that Alex has and how quickly he can learn a completely different style of dance!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLbjKnv0ju4

Originally Posted by rockzmom

I just have not has the mental capacity to deal with subtitles or really "deep" hard to follow story lines.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

I have the movie version that Olya did the subs for and never got around to watching it.

Undoubtedly it is the movie you should start watching immediately. Wiki link. Even though it is a detective stories it will not force you to follow hard the story line at all. All of us were talking that the episodes of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" are the best. It is true but to get all the joy of these two episodes you need to be introduced to the Holmes' fictional world which was built in this series. Be sure to start with the first episode "Acquaintance" which portrayed the main characters. The second episode "Bloody Inscription" introduces the "deductive reasoning" technique in the begin of the episode and also introduces Inspector Lestrade who is a pretty colorful character in this series.

You can avoid the final episodes "The Twentieth Century Approaches" these are not as good as all the other episodes.

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

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You can avoid the final episodes "The Twentieth Century Approaches" these are not as good as all the other episodes.

Coffeecup, you are correct, I only have The Hounds... And I do recall how much everyone recommend this film, and YET... somehow I had no idea it was series!!!!

Would someone be kind enough to look on the Russian Yandex-server for me to see if there are versions of the other films/series with English subtitles available for download?


Here are the links to the Hounds if it helps anyone to find the others...
Part 1: http://narod.ru/disk/4358781000/Houn...art_1.avi.html
Part 2: http://narod.ru/disk/4358782000/Houn...art_2.avi.html

I've found the first episode "The Acquaintance" on youtube with English subs.

It was divided in 7 parts.
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7

FYI. To be sure that you will not miss some parts. Episode "The Acquaintance" contains two stories: the first one is the story how Holmes and Watson met each other and became partners; the second one is about a poor girl whose twin-sister was dead just before her sister's marriage and the girl was frightened of her own life.

I've found both first episode "The Acquaintance" and second "Bloody Inscription" together on youtube with English subs.

there are 14 links
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7
part 8
part 9
part 10
part 11
part 12
part 13
part 14